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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour

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We are a centre dedicated to the study of collective behaviour | Integrative and Quantitative | Cluster of Excellence @uni-konstanz.de, Germany. Website: https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-behaviour/

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · Jan 30

#CollectiveBehaviour is all around. Here is a short film showcasing our research as the cluster of excellence, collective behaviour in based in @uni-konstanz.de

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The Cluster of Excellence Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour

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Ahmed El Hady @zamakany.bsky.social · 8d

Pls share:
I have an opening for a PhD student in my group part of a collaboration with Ilya Nemenman at Emory University to begin ASAP. It is an opportunity to delve into the theory and application of social interactions inference methods.

For details: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/0...

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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 19d

MaxCine Festival | 3.-5.10. | Möggingen-Radolfzell: MaxCine, das Zentrum für Kommunikation und Austausch am
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
in Radolfzell, feiert sein 15-jähriges Bestehen. Es bietet spannende Veranstaltungen mit Wissenschaftler:innen des MPI: t1p.de/e8gw1 @cbehav.bsky.social

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Ahmed El Hady @zamakany.bsky.social · 25d

Scientific American published an article about our project investigating NYC rats. The full article is here : www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

Also check out our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Pranav Kedia @praked.bsky.social · 29d

When life gives you a fish, you sail with it. 🐟⛵🤖
Our autonomous sailboat and robotic fish finally met on Lake Constance — and the footage did not disappoint. 🌊
Big thanks to @swarmdynamics.bsky.social , Hun Jang and Liang Li for making this happen.
#robotics #swarm #autonomy #maritime

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · 26d

Also checkout their documentary on the project:
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#AcademicSky #CollectiveBehaviour #podcasts

MELA – Mating Ecology of Lek Breeding Antelope

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · 26d

Here is the final episode of Season 2 of our podcast In the Swarm!

In this episode, we are joined by Dr Vivek Sridhar and Dr Hemal Naik as they tell us the tales of the visually spectacular mating phenomenon of lekking in Blackbucks.

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Giovanni Reina @joefresna.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hey #CCS2025 friends, before your dinner🍝 in Siena, come to Simay Atasoy's poster to discover how many robots can be optimimally allocated to many tasks! While this problem seems computationally untractable, she found how to solve it efficiently! @cbehav.bsky.social @css-conference.bsky.social

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Giovanni Reina @joefresna.bsky.social · Sep 1

Full room for Eleonora Gatti's talk at @css-conference.bsky.social, presenting our analysis on the energetic benefits of using social information, in the case study of large soaring birds 🦅 @cbehav.bsky.social #CCS2025 Siena 🇮🇹

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Giovanni Reina @joefresna.bsky.social · Sep 1

From Random Notes to Emergent Orchestras.
Lluc Bono presents at @css-conference.bsky.social our latest results on creating a robot swarm that composes & performs musical pieces. A framework to study emergence of creativity in music through artificial physical agents @cbehav.bsky.social #CCS2025

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · Aug 29

Available wherever you get your podcasts!

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · Aug 29

New Episode!

What is it like being inside an egg? Can you feel your sibling eggs nearby? How do you tell your parents when you are ready to come out? Dr Gabriella Gall is here to tell us all about her research into the world of egg communication.

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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · Aug 27

MELA — a short documentary on the Mating Ecology of Lek Breeding Antelope — takes you behind the scenes of an interdisciplinary #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social research journey. This film reveals how science is done, shared, and lived: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i4d...

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Bahl Lab @bahllab.bsky.social · Aug 25

How do brains make decisions when faced with multiple, potentially conflicting cues? In our latest preprint, we show how #zebrafish use an additive strategy and process multiple visual features through anatomically distinct parallel pathways tinyurl.com/mvkn8em9 Thread 👇

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · Aug 15

New episode of our podcast is out!

In this episode, @yguenzel.bsky.social and Inga Petelski will tell us all about how shy, solitary locusts can transform into hungry, gregarious ones who are ready to march with millions to search for the next meal.

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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · Aug 13

📣 Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... 🧪

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Daniele Carlesso @danielecarlesso.bsky.social · Aug 12

In humans, bigger teams often mean less effort per person — the #Ringelmann effect. Weaver #ants 🐜 flip the script: #teamwork makes them superefficient!

Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
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Superefficient teamwork in weaver ants / Curr. Biol., Aug. 12, 2025 (Vol. 35, Issue 17)

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · Aug 8

We’re excited to welcome Andrew Vardy to CASCB until August 26! Leader of the BOTS Group at Memorial University — and the inspiration for a swarm of robots in Doctor Who — Andrew will give a guest talk on August 6 and is open to meeting with CASCB researchers.

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Christophe Bousquet @krisanathema.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Aug 8

1. Today is the last day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#kscb2025) and all #students presented what they have been working on during th last 2-3 weeks.

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Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour (KSCB)

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @cbehav.bsky.social · Aug 1

Check out the newest episode of our podcast "In the Swarm"!

Have you ever wondered how tiny insects navigate the world? In this episode, @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social explains how the tiny but mighty insect brain controls behaviour of stunning complexity.

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · Jul 30

From bio-logging to conservation 🔽

New paper by an @animaltracking.bsky.social dream team

@diegoellissoto.bsky.social @anflack.bsky.social @arispeshkin.bsky.social Timm Wild, Hannah Williams, @teagueo.bsky.social

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From biologging to conservation: Tracking individual performance in changing environments | PNAS

Under an accelerating biodiversity crisis, increased urbanization, habitat fragmentation, and climate change require new approaches to assess conse...

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Christophe Bousquet @krisanathema.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jul 29

The sixth day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#kscb2025) continues with a #keynote by Andreagiovanni Reina on #decisionmaking in #robot #swarms

#bioinspiration

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Christophe Bousquet @krisanathema.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jul 29

The sixth day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#kscb2025) starts with a #keynote by Yonatan Loewenstein on #sequential #decisionmaking and its application to how #teams perform when playing #chess

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Christophe Bousquet @krisanathema.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jul 28

The second week of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#kscb2025) starts with a #keynote by James Brooks on #Group #mindedness and #CollectiveBehaviour.

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